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General Assembly
Distr. GENERAL
9 December 1982
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A/RES/37/69
9 December 1982
Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa
A
Situation in South Africa
The General Assembly,
Recalling and reaffirming its resolutions on this question, particularly
resolution 36/172 of 17 December 1981,
Having considered the reports of the Special Committee against Apartheid,
Reaffirming that apartheid is a crime against humanity and a threat to
international peace and security,
Bearing in mind that it proclaimed 1982 International Year of
Mobilization for Sanctions against South Africa,
Conscious of the responsibility of the United Nations and the
international community towards the oppressed people of South Africa and their
national liberation movement, as proclaimed, in particular, in General
Assembly resolution 3411 C (XXX) of 28 November 1975,
Convinced that it is incumbent on the international community to provide
all necessary assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their
national liberation movement in their legitimate struggle for the
establishment of a democratic society pursuant to their inalienable rights, in
conformity with the principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations
and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Commending the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation
movements, particularly the African National Congress, for intensifying the
armed struggle against the racist regime,
Reaffirming that the apartheid regime is totally responsible for
precipitating violent conflict through its policy of apartheid and inhuman
repression,
Gravely concerned at the intensification of repression in South Africa,
the growing number of deaths in detention and the imposition of death
sentences on freedom fighters of the African National Congress,
Reaffirming that freedom fighters of South Africa should be treated as
prisoners of war in accordance with Additional Protocol I to the Geneva
Conventions of 12 August 1949,
Commending the courageous struggle of the black workers of South Africa
for their inalienable rights,
Condemning the policy of "bantustanization" designed to dispossess
further the African majority of its inalienable rights and to deprive it of
citizenship, as well as the continuing forced removals of black people, as an
international crime,
Gravely concerned at the growing number of displaced and missing persons
resulting from the criminal policies of the racist regime of South Africa,
Reaffirming that apartheid cannot be reformed but must be totally
eliminated,
Denouncing the manoeuvres of the racist regime of South Africa to divide
the oppressed people through so-called constitutional dispensations and other
means, and commending the oppressed people of South Africa for rejecting those
manoeuvres,
Recognizing that comprehensive and mandatory sanctions by the Security
Council under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations are essential
to avert the grave threat to international peace and security resulting from
the policies and actions of the apartheid regime of South Africa,
Considering that political, economic, military and any other
collaboration with the apartheid regime of South Africa encourages its
persistent intransigence and defiance of the international community and its
escalating acts of repression and aggression,
Reaffirming that the policies and actions of the apartheid regime, the
strengthening of its military forces and its escalating acts of aggression,
subversion and terrorism against independent African States have resulted in
frequent breaches of the peace and constitute a grave threat to international
peace and security,
Deploring the attitude of those Western permanent members of the Security
Council that have so far prevented the Council from adopting comprehensive
sanctions against that regime under Chapter VII of the Charter,
Condemning all military, nuclear and other collaboration by certain
Western States and Israel with South Africa,
Gravely concerned at the pronouncements, policies and actions of the
Government of the United States of America which have provided comfort and
encouragement to the racist regime of South Africa,
Concerned that some Western States and Israel continue military and
nuclear co-operation with South Africa, in gross violation of the provisions
of Security Council resolution 418 (1977), of 4 November 1977, and have failed
to prevent corporations, institutions and individuals within their
jurisdiction from carrying out such co-operation,
Gravely concerned that the racist regime of South Africa has continued to
obtain military equipment and ammunition, as well as technology and know-how,
to develop its armaments industry and to acquire nuclear-weapon capability,
Recognizing that any nuclear-weapon capability of the racist regime of
South Africa constitutes a threat to international peace and security and a
grave menace to Africa and the world,
Commending all States that have provided assistance to Angola and other
front-line States in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United
Nations,
Condemning any encouragement to the apartheid regime in its acts of
aggression, direct or indirect, as hostile to the interests of peace and
freedom,
Strongly condemning the activities of those transnational corporations
that continue to collaborate with the apartheid regime, especially in the
military, nuclear, petroleum and other fields, and of those financial
institutions that have continued to provide loans and credits to South Africa,
Emphasizing the conclusion of the Paris Declaration on Sanctions against
South Africa that the continuing political, economic and military
collaboration of certain Western States and their transnational corporations
with the racist regime of South Africa encourages its persistent
intransigence and defiance of the international community and constitutes a
major obstacle to the elimination of the inhuman and criminal system of
apartheid in South Africa and the attainment of self-determination, freedom
and national independence by the people of Namibia,
Recalling and reaffirming the Declaration on South Africa contained in
its resolution 34/93 O of 12 December 1979,
Commending the efforts of trade unions, religious institutions, student
organizations and anti-apartheid movements in their campaigns against
transnational corporations and financial institutions collaborating with the
racist regime of South Africa,
1. Strongly condemns the apartheid regime of South Africa for its
brutal repression and indiscriminate torture and killings of workers,
schoolchildren and other opponents of apartheid, and the imposition of death
sentences on freedom fighters;
2. Vehemently condemns the apartheid regime for its repeated acts of
aggression, subversion and terrorism against independent African States,
designed to destabilize the whole of southern Africa;
3. Reiterates its firm conviction that the apartheid regime has been
encouraged to undertake these criminal acts by the protection afforded by
major Western Powers against international sanctions;
4. Condemns the policies of certain Western States, especially the
United States of America, and Israel, and of their transnational corporations
and financial institutions that have increased political, economic and
military collaboration with the racist regime of South Africa despite repeated
appeals by the General Assembly;
5. Reaffirms its conviction that comprehensive and mandatory sanctions
imposed by the Security Council under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United
Nations, universally applied, are the most appropriate and effective means by
which the international community can assist the legitimate struggle of the
oppressed people of South Africa and discharge its responsibilities for the
maintenance of international peace and security;
6. Again urges the Security Council to determine that the situation in
South Africa and in southern Africa as a whole, resulting from the policies
and actions of the apartheid regime of South Africa, constitutes a grave and
growing threat to international peace and security, and to impose
comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against the regime under Chapter VII of
the Charter;
7. Demands the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all troops of
the apartheid regime of South Africa from Angola and demands that South Africa
respect fully the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of
Angola and other independent African States;
8. Further demands that the racist regime of South Africa pay full
compensation to Angola and other independent African States for the damage to
life and property caused by its acts of aggression;
9. Urges all States that have not yet done so to adopt separate and
collective measures for comprehensive sanctions against South Africa, pending
action by the Security Council;
10. Calls upon the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland to take the necessary measures to stop the supply of oil from
Brunei to South Africa;
11. Requests all intergovernmental organizations to exclude the racist
regime of South Africa and to terminate all co-operation with it;
12. Expresses serious concern over the continued granting of credits by
the International Monetary Fund to the racist regime of South Africa and
requests it to terminate such credits forthwith;
13. Requests the International Atomic Energy Agency to refrain from
extending to South Africa any facilities which may assist it in its nuclear
plans and, in particular, to exclude South Africa from all its technical
working groups;
14. Again calls upon all States and organizations to refrain from any
recognition of or co-operation with the so-called "independent" bantustans;
15. Appeals to all States that have not yet done so to accede to the
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of
Apartheid;
16. Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of the oppressed people of
South Africa and their national liberation movement by all available means,
including armed struggle, for the seizure of power by the people, the
elimination of the apartheid regime and the exercise of the right of
self-determination by the people of South Africa as a whole;
17. Demands that the apartheid regime treat captured freedom fighters as
prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and
Additional Protocol I thereto;
18. Again proclaims its full support of the national liberation movement
of South Africa as the authentic representative of the people of South Africa
in their just struggle for liberation;
19. Appeals to all States to provide all necessary humanitarian,
educational, financial and other necessary assistance to the oppressed people
of South Africa and their national liberation movement in their legitimate
struggle;
20. Urges the United Nations Development Programme and other agencies of
the United Nations system to expand their assistance to the oppressed people
of South Africa and to the South African liberation movements recognized by
the Organization of African Unity, namely, the African National Congress of
South Africa and the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, in consultation with
the Special Committee against Apartheid;
21. Decides to continue the authorization of adequate financial
provision in the budget of the United Nations to enable those liberation
movements to maintain offices in New York in order to participate effectively
in the deliberations of the Special Committee and other appropriate bodies;
22. Invites all Governments and organizations to assist, in consultation
with the national liberation movements of South Africa and Namibia, persons
compelled to leave South Africa because of their objection, on the ground of
conscience, to serving in the military or police forces of the apartheid
regime;
23. Reaffirms the commitment of the United Nations to the total
eradication of apartheid and the establishment of a democratic society in
which all the people of South Africa as a whole, irrespective of race, colour,
sex or creed, will enjoy equal and full human rights and fundamental freedoms
and participate freely in the determination of their destiny.
B
Concerted international action for the elimination of apartheid
The General Assembly,
Meeting thirty years after it began consideration of the item entitled
"Question of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of
apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa",
Gravely concerned over the situation in South Africa, in particular the
efforts of the racist regime of South Africa to perpetuate apartheid, its
deportations of African people, its deprivation of the African people of their
inalienable rights through the establishment of so-called "independent"
bantustans and its ruthless repression against all opponents of the criminal
policy of apartheid,
Considering that the policies and actions of the racist regime of South
Africa, in particular its acts of aggression, terrorism and destabilization
against independent African States, constitute a grave threat to international
peace and security,
Recognizing that the racist regime of South Africa, in its persistent
defiance of the United Nations, is responsible for the growing threat to the
peace in southern Africa and for the repeated breaches of the peace,
Considering that the military build-up and nuclear plans of the racist
regime of South Africa constitute a serious menace to international peace and
security,
Recognizing further that the total elimination of apartheid and the
establishment of a democratic State in South Africa are essential for peace,
security and stability in the region,
Recalling the long struggle of the African and other people of South
Africa for the elimination of racial discrimination and the establishment of a
society in which all the people of the country as a whole - irrespective of
race, colour or creed - enjoy human rights and fundamental freedoms on the
basis of equality,
Reaffirming its recognition of the contribution of that struggle to the
purposes of the United Nations,
Paying tribute to all those who have sacrificed their lives in the
struggle for freedom and human dignity in South Africa,
Expressing its solidarity with all those imprisoned, restricted or
otherwise persecuted for participation in that legitimate struggle,
Anxious that all States should co-operate in effective international
action to achieve the purposes indicated in unanimous declarations and
resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, in particular
the elimination of apartheid, an end to repression in South Africa and an end
to all violations of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of independent
African States;
Mindful of the responsibility of the United Nations and the international
community to secure peace in southern African and to promote freedom and
equality,
1. Appeals to all States and organizations to co-operate fully in
effective international action to eliminate apartheid in South Africa, to
promote the establishment of a democratic society in which all the people of
that country will enjoy human and political rights and to secure peace in the
region;
2. Renews its appeal to all States and organizations to deny any
assistance, direct or indirect, to the racist regime of South Africa and
provide all necessary assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and
their national liberation movements in this crucial period;
3. Appeals to the Western permanent members of the Security Council to
co-operate in and facilitate effective action by the Council under Chapter VII
of the Charter of the United Nations;
4. Endorses the campaign for the release of Nelson Mandela and all
other South African political prisoners as an indispensable prerequisite for a
peaceful and just solution in South Africa;
5. Encourages action by trade union organizations all over the world in
solidarity with the oppressed workers of South Africa;
6. Appeals to writers, artists, sportsmen and others to participate
actively in the international campaign against apartheid in co-operation with
the United Nations;
7. Commends the front-line States and other States neighbouring South
Africa for their sacrifices in support of freedom in South Africa;
8. Appeals to all States and organizations to lend all necessary moral
and material assistance to those States;
9. Warns the racist regime of South Africa against any acts of
aggression, terrorism and destabilization against independent African States,
and any support to mercenaries;
10. Requests the Special Committee against Apartheid to continue:
(a) To publicize all acts of aggression, terrorism and destabilization
by the racist regime of South Africa against independent African States;
(b) To promote assistance to the front-line States;
11. Invites the Security Council urgently to give thorough consideration
to the ever-growing threat to the peace in southern Africa and to take
effective measures under the Charter.
C
Comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against South Africa
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 36/172 B of 17 December 1981, the Paris
Declaration on Sanctions against South Africa and the programme for the
International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions against South Africa,
Having considered the report of the Special Committee against
Apartheid,
Considering that the policies and actions of the racist regime of South
Africa, its military build-up and its nuclear plans constitute a grave threat
to international peace and security,
Reaffirming its conviction that comprehensive and mandatory sanctions
imposed by the Security Council under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United
Nations, universally applied, are the most appropriate and effective means by
which the international community can assist the legitimate struggle of the
oppressed people of South Africa and discharge its responsibilities for the
maintenance of international peace and security,
Recognizing the urgent need for the termination of military, nuclear,
economic and technological collaboration with the racist regime of South
Africa, as well as the cessation of sports, cultural and other relations with
South Africa,
Deploring the attitude of those Western permanent members of the Security
Council that have so far prevented the Council from adopting comprehensive
sanctions against South Africa under Chapter VII of the Charter,
Deploring also the attitude of those States, in particular the United
States of America and Israel, which have continued and increased their
political, economic and other collaboration with South Africa,
Gravely concerned over the activities of those transnational corporations
that continue to collaborate with the apartheid regime, especially in the
petroleum and other fields, and of those financial institutions that have
continued to provide loans and credits to South Africa, and over the failure
of the States concerned to take effective action to prevent such
collaboration,
Expressing serious concern over the greatly increased investments in and
loans to South Africa from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, the United States of America, the Federal Republic of Germany and
Switzerland,
Commending all States that have taken effective measures, in accordance
with relevant resolutions, for the elimination of apartheid in South Africa,
Expressing great appreciation to intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations, in particular anti-apartheid and solidarity movements, trade
unions and religious bodies, as well as city and other local authorities, that
have taken action to isolate the racist regime of South Africa and to promote
support for comprehensive sanctions against that regime,
Commending the decision taken by the Universal Postal Union at its
eighteenth Congress, held at Rio de Janeiro from 12 September to
26 October 1979, to expel South Africa from the Union,
Having learned of the current moves to reverse the foregoing decision
taken at the eighteenth Congress of the Universal Postal Union,
Recognizing the important role of the mass media in promoting isolation
of the racist regime of South Africa and comprehensive sanctions against South
Africa,
Commending the Special Committee against Apartheid for its activities,
with the assistance of the Centre against Apartheid of the Secretariat and the
co-operation of Governments and organizations, in promoting the widest
possible support for sanctions against South Africa,
1. Requests all Governments and organizations to continue activities in
implementation of the programme for the International Year of Mobilization for
Sanctions against South Africa beyond 1982;
2. Requests all States, especially Western States concerned and Israel,
to cease all collaboration with the racist regime of South Africa and to
implement the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;
3. Requests all States concerned to take action against corporations
and other interests that violate the mandatory arms embargo against South
Africa or that are involved in the illicit supply to South Africa of oil from
States that have imposed an embargo against South Africa;
4. Again requests the Security Council to consider action under
Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations towards comprehensive and
mandatory sanctions against South Africa and, in particular, to take measures:
(a) To monitor effectively and to reinforce the mandatory arms embargo
against South Africa;
(b) To prohibit all co-operation with South Africa in the military and
nuclear fields;
(c) To prohibit imports of any military equipment or components from
South Africa;
(d) To prevent any co-operation or association with South Africa by any
military alliances;
(e) To impose an effective embargo on the supply of oil and oil products
to South Africa;
(f) To prohibit financial loans to and new investments in South Africa,
as well as all promotion of trade with South Africa;
5. Requests and authorizes the Special Committee against Apartheid to
intensify its activities for the total isolation of the racist regime of South
Africa and for promoting comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against South
Africa;
6. Urges all States members of the Universal Postal Union to resist the
strong campaign being launched for the purpose of reinstating South Africa's
membership in the Union;
7. Invites all Governments, parliaments, non-governmental
organizations, anti-apartheid and solidarity movements, trade unions,
religious bodies and other groups to intensify and concert efforts to promote
comprehensive sanctions against South Africa in co-operation with the Special
Committee against Apartheid.
D
Military and nuclear collaboration with South Africa
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolutions on military and nuclear collaboration with
South Africa, in particular its resolution 36/172 E of 17 December 1981,
Recalling its resolutions concerning the denuclearization of the
continent of Africa,
Recalling also Security Council resolutions 418 (1977) of
4 November 1977, 421 (1977) of 9 December 1977 and 473 (1980) of 13 June 1980,
Having considered the reports of the Special Committee against
Apartheid and of the International Conference on Sanctions against South
Africa, held in Paris from 20 to 27 May 1981,
Gravely concerned that the racist regime of South Africa has continued to
obtain military equipment and ammunition, as well as technology and know-how,
to develop its armaments industry and to acquire nuclear-weapon capability,
Recognizing that any nuclear-weapon capability of the racist regime of
South Africa constitutes a threat to international peace and security,
Expressing deep concern over the stepped-up arms build-up and war
preparations by the racist regime of South Africa and strongly condemning the
growing violation of the arms embargo as well as the continued nuclear
collaboration by the United States of America and some other Western countries
and Israel with the apartheid regime,
Condemning the actions of those transnational corporations that continue,
through their collaboration with the racist regime of South Africa, to enhance
its military and nuclear capabilities,
Recalling that the Security Council had determined in resolution
418 (1977), under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, that the
acquisition by South Africa of arms and related materiel constitutes a threat
to the maintenance of international peace and security,
Considering the urgent need for mandatory decisions by the Security
Council, under Chapter VII of the Charter, to prohibit any military and
nuclear collaboration with the racist regime of South Africa,
1. Urges the Security Council to take mandatory decisions, under
Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, to ensure the total
cessation of all co-operation with the racist regime of South Africa in
military and nuclear fields by Governments, corporations, institutions and
individuals;
2. Deplores the actions of several Western countries and Israel that
have provided the racist regime of South Africa with an enormous arsenal of
military equipment and technology, as well as assistance in its nuclear plans,
and that have allowed corporations under their jurisdiction to invest in the
armaments industry in South Africa;
3. Condemns any manoeuvres to create military pacts or arrangements
with the participation of the racist regime of South Africa;
4. Invites all Governments and organizations to assist, in consultation
with the national liberation movements of South Africa and Namibia, persons
compelled to leave South Africa because of their objection, on the ground of
conscience, to serving in the military or police force of the apartheid
regime.
E
Programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid
The General Assembly,
Having considered the reports of the Special Committee against
Apartheid,
Reaffirming its resolution 36/172 N of 17 December 1981,
Commending the Special Committee for its activities in the discharge of
the mandate given to it by the General Assembly,
Noting with appreciation the work of the Centre against Apartheid of the
Secretariat in assisting the Special Committee,
Recognizing the urgent need for greater international efforts to
eliminate apartheid and enable the South African people to establish a
democratic society,
Considering that the implementation of the programme of the International
Year of Mobilization for Sanctions against South Africa should be continued
beyond the end of the year 1982,
1. Endorses the report of the Special Committee against Apartheid,
in particular the recommendations contained in paragraphs 466 to 489 on the
programme of work of the Special Committee and services by the Centre against
Apartheid and other units of the Secretariat of the United Nations;
2. Authorizes the Special Committee to organize in 1983 an
international conference of trade unions on sanctions and other actions
against the apartheid regime of South Africa in accordance with the
recommendation in its special report;
3. Encourages the Special Committee, with the assistance of the Centre
against Apartheid, to promote the widest possible international mobilization
against apartheid in pursuance of the resolutions of the General Assembly and
the programme of work of the Special Committee for 1983;
4. Commends the Special Committee for giving special attention to the
following:
(a) Comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against South Africa;
(b) Campaign for the release of Nelson Mandela and all other South
African political prisoners;
(c) Women and children under apartheid;
(d) Action by the trade union movement for the elimination of apartheid;
(e) Sports and cultural boycott against South Africa;
(f) Participation by writers, artists, sportsmen, religious leaders and
others in the international campaign against apartheid;
(g) Implementation of United Nations resolutions for the elimination of
apartheid;
(h) Publicizing of the struggle for liberation in South Africa;
5. Requests the Special Committee to participate effectively in the
Second World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination;
6. Requests the Secretary-General to strengthen the Centre against
Apartheid, in consultation with the Special Committee, and to take measures to
ensure effective co-operation by all relevant units of the Secretariat in the
international campaign against apartheid, as indicated in paragraphs 484 to
489 of the report of the Committee;
7. Decides to make a special allocation of $400,000 to the Special
Committee for 1983 from the budget of the United Nations for the cost of
special projects to be decided on by the Committee in order to promote the
international campaign against apartheid;
8. Requests Governments and organizations to make voluntary
contributions or provide other assistance for the special projects of the
Special Committee;
9. Requests the Secretary-General to establish a trust fund for such
voluntary contributions to be used in accordance with the decisions of the
Special Committee;
10. Authorizes the Special Committee, in view of its mandate to follow
the situation with regard to South Africa constantly and to promote
international mobilization against apartheid, to meet during sessions of the
General Assembly as necessary;
11. Requests all States, specialized agencies and other
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to co-operate with the
Special Committee in the international campaign against apartheid.
F
Relations between Israel and South Africa
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolutions on relations between Israel and South Africa,
Having considered the special report of the Special Committee against
Apartheid on recent developments concerning relations between Israel and South
Africa,
Alarmed at the increasing collaboration by Israel with the racist regime
of South Africa, especially in the military and nuclear fields, in defiance of
resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council,
Considering that such collaboration is a serious hindrance to
international action for the eradication of apartheid, an encouragement to the
racist regime of South Africa to persist in its criminal policy of apartheid
and a hostile act against the oppressed people of South Africa and the entire
African continent, and constitutes a threat to international peace and
security,
1. Again strongly condemns the continuing and increasing collaboration
of Israel with the racist regime of South Africa, especially in the military
and nuclear fields;
2. Demands that Israel desist from and terminate all forms of
collaboration with South Africa forthwith, particularly in the military and
nuclear fields, and abide scrupulously by the relevant resolutions of the
General Assembly and the Security Council;
3. Calls upon all Governments and organizations to exert their
influence to persuade Israel to desist from such collaboraton and abide by the
resolutions of the General Assembly;
4. Requests the Special Committee against Apartheid to publicize, as
widely as possible, information on the relations between Israel and South
Africa;
5. Further requests the Special Committee to keep the matter under
constant review and to report to the General Assembly and the Security Council
as appropriate.
G
Apartheid in sports
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Drafting of
an International Convention against Apartheid in Sports,
1. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee on the Drafting of an International
Convention against Apartheid in Sports to continue its work with a view to
submitting a draft convention as soon as possible;
2. Authorizes the Ad Hoc Committee to continue consultations, as
required, with representatives of Governments and organizations concerned and
experts on apartheid in sports.
H
Investments in South Africa
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 36/172 O of 17 December 1981,
Taking note of the report of the Special Committee against Apartheid,
Convinced that a cessation of all new foreign investments in, and
financial loans to, South Africa would constitute an important step in
international action for the elimination of apartheid, as such investments and
loans abet and encourage the apartheid policies of that country,
Welcoming the actions of those Governments that have taken legislative
and other measures towards that end,
Noting with regret that the Security Council has not yet taken steps
towards that end, as requested by the General Assembly in its
resolutions 31/6 K of 9 November 1976, 32/105 O of 16 December 1977, 33/183 O
of 24 January 1979, 34/93 Q of 12 December 1979, 35/206 Q of 16 December 1980
and 36/172 O of 17 December 1981,
Again urges the Security Council to consider the matter at an early date
with a view to taking effective steps to achieve the cessation of further
foreign investments in, and financial loans to, South Africa.
I
United Nations Trust Fund for South Africa
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the United
Nations Trust Fund for South Africa, to which is annexed the report of the
Committee of Trustees of the United Nations Trust Fund for South Africa,
Gravely concerned at the continued and increased repression against
opponents of apartheid and racial discrimination in South Africa, and the
institution of numerous trials under arbitrary security legislation, as well
as continued repression in Namibia,
Reaffirming that increased humanitarian assistance by the international
community to those persecuted under repressive and discriminatory legislation
in South Africa and Namibia is appropriate and essential,
Recognizing that increased contributions to the Trust Fund and to the
voluntary agencies concerned are necessary to enable them to meet the
increased needs for humanitarian and legal assistance,
1. Commends the Secretary-General and the Committee of Trustees of the
United Nations Trust Fund for South Africa for their efforts to promote
humanitarian and legal assistance to persons persecuted under repressive and
discriminatory legislation in South Africa and Namiba, as well as assistance
to their families and to refugees from South Africa;
2. Expresses its appreciation to the Governments, organizations and
individuals that have contributed to the Trust Fund and to the voluntary
agencies engaged in rendering humanitarian and legal assistance to the victims
of apartheid and racial discrimination;
3. Appeals for generous and increased contributions to the Trust Fund;
4. Also appeals for direct contributions to the voluntary agencies
engaged in assistance to the victims of apartheid and racial discrimination in
South Africa and Namibia.
J
Oil embargo against South Africa
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 36/172 G of 17 December 1981,
Recalling further the Paris Declaration on Sanctions against South
Africa,
Taking note of the report of the Special Committee against Apartheid,
Convinced of the need to ensure the effective implementation of embargoes
imposed or policies declared by most oil-producing and oil-exporting countries
with regard to the supply of their oil and oil products to South Africa, and
to promote a mandatory oil embargo against South Africa under Chapter VII of
the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming its requests to the Security Council to consider a mandatory
embargo on the supply of petroleum and petroleum products to South Africa
under Chapter VII of the Charter,
1. Authorizes the Special Committee against Apartheid to appoint a
group of experts nominated by Governments to prepare a thorough study, and
report as soon as possible, on all aspects of the question of the supply of
oil and oil products as a basis for the consideration of national and
international measures to ensure the effective implementation of the embargoes
imposed or policies declared by oil-producing and oil-exporting countries with
regard to the supply of oil and oil products to South Africa;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to organize, in consultation with the
Special Committee, meetings of permanent representatives to the United Nations
of the oil-producing and oil-exporting countries committed to the oil embargo
against South Africa:
(a) To consider the report of the Group of Experts on the Supply of Oil
and Oil Products to South Africa;
(b) To consult on national and international arrangements to ensure the
effective implementation of the embargoes in the light of the report;
(c) To decide on all arrangements for an international conference;
(d) To consider, on the basis of the report of the Group of Experts,
participation of countries concerned in addition to oil-producing and
oil-exporting countries committed to the oil embargo against South Africa;
3. Requests and authorizes the Secretary-General, in consultation with
the Special Committee and in the light of the recommendations of the meetings
of permanent representatives of the countries concerned, to organize the
International Conference on an Oil Embargo against South Africa for the
purpose of considering national and international arrangements to ensure the
implementation of embargoes imposed or policies declared by oil-producing and
oil-exporting countries with regard to the supply of oil and oil products to
South Africa.